Station Details

Lelant

Station NameLelant
Station CodeLEL
Station OwnerGreat Western Railway
Developable Area14.91ha
Development Capacity224 homes (at 15dph)
Local Planning AuthorityCornwall
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Required6,832
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Homes Delivered8,944
2021 Housing Delivery Test - Score131%
2021 Housing Delivery Test - ConsequenceNone
Network Rail RegionSouth West
Network Rail Sub-RegionCornwall and Isles of Scilly
Passengers, 2020 - 202116,600
Passengers, 2019 - 202021,608
UK Station Passenger Rank (Use)1,842

Development Potential

England's busiest station (apart from those serving airports) had 4,170,558 passenger movements in the period 2019-2020. The station with the least was 68. Lelant station had 21,608 passengers enter or exit it during this period. That's roughly 59 people per day.

For a station with this number of passengers passing through it each year a density of 15 homes per hectare is reasonable, based on its proximity to major population centres and existing infrastructure.

Lelant is located within the South West railway region. The potential area for development around the station (excluding existing buildings, national parks, flood zones, public green space, protected habitats, areas of outstanding natural beauty, world heritage sites and surface water) is approximately 14.91ha.

Assuming an appropriate (but not prevailing) development density of 15 dwellings per hectare, this area has a development capacity of around 224 homes.

The station sits within Cornwall planning authority, which in 2021 achieved a Housing Delivery Test Score of 131%, having delivered 8,944 homes from a target of 6,832. There are no consequences for the planning authority as a result.

The total capacity of all Cornwall's stations is 25,139 homes. That's 368% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.

Taking green belt into account, the capacity of Cornwall's stations is 25,139 homes without building on protected land. That's 368% of its total 2021 Housing Delivery Test requirement.